The reissue of Ten serves as the launch of a planned two-year catalogue re-release campaign leading up to the bandâs 20th anniversary in 2011.

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Each Ten package will include two versions of the album: the remastered version of the original album PLUS an accompanying remixed version done by the bandâs long-time producer, Brendan OâBrien (Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Audioslave).

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REPLICA OF PEARL JAM THREE-SONG DEMO CASSETTE IN SUPER DELUXE EDITION

In the process of digging through his archives for this project, Ament came across an old cassette marked âMomma-Sonâ â the fabled original Pearl Jam demo tape featuring the first recorded versions of âAlive,â âOnceâ and âFootsteps.â Ament and guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready had recorded instrumental tracks of these songs to help solicit a singer for their newly formed band. Mutual friend - and then Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer - Jack Irons suggested they send the tape down to San Diego surfer and little-known singer Eddie Vedder.

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Completely inspired by what he heard from these musicians that he then only knew by name, Vedder quickly wrote lyrics, put these vocals to the music tracks and shipped the tape back to Seattle. Upon hearing how Vedder had transformed the songs, Ament, Gossard and McCready asked him to come up to Seattle so they could meet and have an official âtryoutâ together. Shortly thereafter, Pearl Jam was born. (A replica of the âMomma-Sonâ cassette will be included in the Super Deluxe Edition of Ten.)

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Jeff Ament describes the experience of re-visiting that tape with singer Eddie Vedder:

âI think the first time that Ed or I had opened any of those boxes was a few weeks ago. I knew that the original âMomma-Sonâ cassette was somewhere, but I hadnât listened to it in 17, 18, 19 years. It was cool to sit down and play it for the first time with Ed and see his reaction. And to find that 90% of it stayed exactly the same as what ended up on the record. A lot of elements were identical. There was some energy flying around at that point even from 1,300 miles away from Seattle to San Diego.â

Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Package also includes an Eddie Vedder-style composition notebook filled with replica personal notes, images and mementos from the collections of Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, a vellum envelope with replicated era-specific ephemera from Pearl Jamâs early work and a two-sided print commemorating the Drop in the Park concert.